Biography
Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
Acted in 33
1960s
- 1968
- 1967
Ola and Julia
Max
Life's Just Great
The neighbour
- 1966
The D.T.'s
Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
- 1963
Det går an
Movie
- 1960
On a Bench in a Park
Sam Persson
1950s
- 1958
- 1957
- 1956
Sceningång
Johan Erikson
- 1953
Marianne
Movie
- 1951
The Nuthouse
A student
1940s
- 1946
Interlude
German patient
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
"Paniken"
- 1945
13 Chairs
Movie
Crime and Punishment
Student
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Rosen på Tistelön
Anton Haraldsson
Three Sons
Erik
The Royal Rabble
Movie
- 1943
Herre med portfölj
Stig
Sonja
Bengt
När ungdomen vaknar
Lennart
Natt i hamn
John
- 1942
Man glömmer ingenting
Student at art school (uncredited)
We Home Toilers
Linus Tallhagen
Flames in the Dark
Åke Kronström
- 1941
Snapphanar
Lille-Jonas
The Talk of the Town
Sven Törring
- 1940
They Staked Their Lives
Dick, freedom fighter
Directed 3
1950s
- 1956
Sceningång
Director
1940s
- 1946
Det glada kalaset
Director
- 1945
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
Assistant Director
Appearances1
1960s
- 1963
The Face of War
Narrator (voice)